Who is Song Duk Ki Date: Nov 30, 2007 8:36:43 AM PST Author: Kwan Jang Good follow up on this man please. Regards Garrett   Reply to this Post

Who is Song Duk Ki Date: Dec 1, 2007 9:25:03 PM PST Author: jeff Song Duk Ki Was a Taek Kyon Master who was critically responsible for preserving the art,and thus designated by the South Korean government as a national treasure.   Reply to this Post

Who is Song Duk Ki Date: Dec 3, 2007 7:39:11 PM PST Author: cmoe It took a while to find information on Song Duk Ki, and what I found concurs with Mr. Ellstrom. Mr. Song and a man named Han Il Dong kept practicing Taekyon in secrecy during the Japanese occupation, and because of their retention of the art it was not completely lost. Song Duk Ki didn't start teaching the art until late in life, and he had forgotten some of the techniques, but what he passed on is invaluable. I found a couple of other things I thought were really interesting while I was looking for this information. For instance, martial arts resources will tell you that the Korean martial arts first appeared in Korea when the Bodhidharma made his way into Korea from India in the sixth century,(he stopped in China for a while and introduced martial arts there first). However, there are stone carvings on a tomb in Korea that show two men in martial arts stances that predate Bodhidharma's arrival by 500 years! So Taekyon and Soo Bak were already over 500 years old when the Indio-Chinese martial arts arrived on Korean soil. I think those carved images are the ones on the NKMMA flag that hangs in our dojang. Also, it is very possible that trade through Korea took some of Taekyon and Soo Bak into Okinowa and inspired the martial arts there. That means that Taekyon and Soo Bak are the purest Korean martial arts we have, though I can't find a single school online that teaches it. Respectfully, Cindy Originally Posted by Kwan Jang: Good follow up on this man please. Regards Garrett   Reply to this Post

Date: Dec 5, 2007 3:36:01 PM PST Author: Katrina I also found the same information that Mr. Ellstrom and Mrs. Moe found. I decided to look a little further into the Taek kyon as opposed to Tae Kwon Do. This information is not well wirtten and I am unsure if it is just lost in translation or if the info is not entirely accurate. The info was interesting. As Mrs. Moe said, during the Japanese colonial period, Taekkyon was banned and therefore almost vanished. Fortunately one old-man called Song Duk-Ki(1893¡1987) did survive and could hand it down to us. After independense of Korea, instead of Taekkyon; Japanese style martial arts (like Judo and Karate etc.) became more popular as there were many masters who learned them. Moreover, new martial arts called Taekwondo was established after Korean War and there was confusion between Taekkyon and Taekwondo. But these two martial arts have very little to nothing in common and are completly different. Taekkyon was designated by the government "Important Intangible Cultural Asset No. 76" in June 1, 1983 owing to the elaborate efforts by Shin, Han-Seung(1928¡1987) who learned Taekkyon from Song, Duk-Ki and both masters became authorized beholder of Taekkyon skills. Lee Yong-Bok, who learned Taekkyon from these two masters in 1984 established "Korea Traditional Taekkyon Institute" to revive Taekkyon. Very recently in Feb. 2, 2001 the Korea Taekkyon Association entered officially into "Korea Sports Council" and this will certainly be the great turning-point for developing Taekkyon as Taekkyon(lead by Korea Taekkyon Associatin) has been approved as specialty athletics by "Korea Sports Council". Korea Taekkyon Association now has its subdivisions all over the countuy and supports more than 160 institutions, 110 university circles and 120 citizen clubs. It also has total about 10 nation-wide Taekkyon championship game every year. Principles of Taekkyon Techniques It is generally known that Taekkyon is the same with Taekwondo. But this is not the truth. The two martial arts are not only different in appearance but also in principles of techniques as well as the methods of competition. Taekkyon powers up the strength with the rhythmical movement from the harmony of knee bends and waist elasticity. And it usually just thrusts the opponents' faces and bodies, or attacks at their legs to bring them down. It also pull or push the opponents' legs to bring them down when attacked with kicks. But during a match, hitting on the vital parts and attacks on purpose of damaging is strictly prohibited. In Taekkyon matches, it makes it a rule the two fighters should step one of their feet near in front of the others. So a fighter should continue to change his two legs to avoid the leg attacks from the opponent and this makes a unique Taekkyon step. A slight change of Taekkyon could be enough dangerous to wound others and even take their lives. This kind of combatant Taekkyon is separately inherited. Taekkyon features no defense and active attack. When it is attacked, it does not defend but attacks the opponents in response of it, but it also considers the opponents' safety as well, as written above. This compatibility is accord with the characteristics of the Korean culture, a combined culture of the warlike northern horse-riding people and the cooperative southern agricultural people. Taekkyon contains a philosophy of living and prospering together in harmony, so that it can contribute to the peace and welfare of the human race.   Reply to this Post

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